Blade retainment system
US8657580B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 17, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF01D5/3007
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A blade retention system for retaining a foot of a turbine blade in a shoe of a turbine disc of a turbine wheel includes: a hook on a heel end of the blade foot that protrudes from a bottom of the blade foot to engage a heel end of the turbine disc shoe; and a compound fillet that engages the hook with the bottom of the blade foot.
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